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<figureCitation id="774A499BECD9E8A4446D02DF60B2E467" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Aedeagi of the Novochares punctatostriatus, Novochares sallaei, and Novochares orchis species groups along with schematic representations of the whole, the parameres (in blue), and the dorsal (in yellow) and ventral (in red) plates of the median lobe A N. dentatus B N. orchis C N. sallaei." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881171" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 4C</figureCitation>
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Helochares 
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Sharp, 1882: 75.
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<taxonomicName id="239728C96F91E3964F9DBF2F5C4639EA" authorityName="Knisch" authorityYear="1924" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helochares sellae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sellae">Helochares (s. str.) sellae</taxonomicName>
Sharp, 1882; 
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: 199 [catalog; misspelled].
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Sharp, 1882; 
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: 163 [catalog].
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Blatchley, 1917: 139; 
<bibRefCitation id="D859CE26F02FC764EE6648BD46A7580D" author="Winters, FC" journalOrPublisher="The Pan-Pacific Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="19 - 29" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53384245" refId="B44" refString="Winters, FC, 1927. Key to the subtribe Helocharae Orchym. (Coleoptera -Hydrophilidae) of Boreal America. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 4: 19 - 29, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53384245" title="Key to the subtribe Helocharae Orchym. (Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae) of Boreal America." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53384245" volume="4" year="1927">Winters 1927</bibRefCitation>
a: 24 [synonymy].
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(Sharp, 1882); 
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: 205.
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Sharp, 1882: 
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(female) by monotypy
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: &quot; 
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/ type D. S./ Cordova, Mexico,/ 
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[on card with specimen], 
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[red disc], 
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. Coll.&quot;, 
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[upside down], &quot;B.C. A. Col. I. 2./ 
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/ 
<taxonomicName id="045018F296FD8548FD66B5A039979B0B" baseAuthorityName="Sharp" baseAuthorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Novochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Novochares sallaei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sallaei">Novochares sallaei</taxonomicName>
,/ Sharp.&quot;, &quot;Helocharis castaneus, Chev/ [illegible word] 
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[label folded over], &quot; 
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/ 
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Sharp/ M. E. Bacchus det. 1981/ Holotype&quot;. The female genitalia are dissected and mounted next to the specimen (NHMUK).
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Blatchley, 1917: 
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(male)
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: &quot;TYPE [red rectangle]&quot;, &quot;Dunedin, Fla./ W. S. B. Coll./ 1-12.1913&quot;. &quot;Purdue/ Blatchley/ Collection&quot;, &quot;LECTOTYPE/ 
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/ 
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/ Blatchley/ Des. W.S. Blatchley 1930&quot; (PERC). 
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(1 ex.)
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: Same date as holotype (1 female, PERC).
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(
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). 
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: 
<collectingRegion id="FC475EBAA9F4F7DFE2C866299110EBB2" country="Costa Rica" name="Limon">Limon Province</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingMunicipality id="F8BF2E48E96F22E703B4D2746B2D096D">Talamanca</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="45A57FB0D4D67381F34B42D149E330E1" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:45A57FB0D4D67381F34B42D149E330E1" country="Costa Rica" municipality="Talamanca" name="Est. Gandoca" stateProvince="Limon Province">Est. Gandoca</location>
, 
<collectingDate id="41A514DFC42E11B6B3B1ACF1AC819B09" value="2004-05-22">22.v.2004</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="BC06E7397B0C429C5D7E9AF7417E17B7">Porras</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="51BE2B62B9ADEAB2A9686D011B2F37FF">Gamboa</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="94B481427505B588AF8573D9BABED288">Briceno</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="3E0CB8C696ADDF8B1C3C08E313B90B1B">Morga</collectorName>
, &amp; 
<collectorName id="1CBA7B95B5F4EA61615C8FB312FA8A3E">Cardenas</collectorName>
(2, SEMC)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="5152F8E625516EC5A845851CF215A755" collectingDate="2014-06-30" collectorName="Parque Nacional El Rosario, R. S. Zack" country="Guatemala" latitude="16.52414" location="E of Sayaxche" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-90.16" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Peten">
<emphasis id="45763CE0C5EC59063A3E50ADBDC8E6F7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingCountry id="F796F9BA1301F2A0B1BA3E240C96EF35" name="Guatemala">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
: 
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<collectingRegion id="0A2EDCB74887F00B3D73A2A79BE77457" country="Guatemala" name="Peten">Peten</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectorName id="F685E3E72A4307F1FAA3AA30EBCAA283">Parque Nacional El Rosario</collectorName>
, 
<location id="F895636159014D6285167EE0D73C091C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:F895636159014D6285167EE0D73C091C" country="Guatemala" latitude="16.52414" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-90.16" name="E of Sayaxche" stateProvince="Peten">E of Sayaxche</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="DBEF13D2CC1196C7966B2EAB1C2CA485" degrees="16.52414" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="16.52414">16.52414°N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="0876005ED9212F842D008557280C1058" degrees="90.16000" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-90.16">90.16000°W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<collectingDate id="C5DE6A221EB94B9653E179A4811B4035" value="2014-06-30">30.vi.2014</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="8BD6A9D1C2147FC4420A778041724BF2">R.S. Zack</collectorName>
, BL/MV lights (81, SEMC, WSU, including DNA voucher SLE1212)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="AB204ABC6FA8B5EA2006CCBCA7585F44" collectingDate="1966-04-23" collectingDateMax="1968-04-12" collectingDateMin="1966-04-23" collectorName="G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead, Typha, Reyes, Cabrera" country="Mexico" county="Champoton" location="Zoh Laguna" municipality="Rte" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Campeche">
<emphasis id="ECB9297FF47EDB74B9B32639C3C3FA0E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingCountry id="5D7C79E8AF0EA2F4377D4486F394A816" name="Mexico">Mexico</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="6AA01A7763207D139AC7E0D8C86A89EE" country="Mexico" name="Campeche">Campeche</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<quantity id="F02C60F15977A120396EBC535F37E0FE" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.39792256" unit="mi" value="14.9">14.9 mi</quantity>
S. of 
<collectingCounty id="DF2F0DFC77165D82A39A026A043FBD1F">Champoton</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="9FCF3AD611113F2BE6B10AA61C9B7753">Rte</collectingMunicipality>
180, 
<collectingDate id="67A7A01BBE2612C6DD9FD61BE6DC83CC" value="1966-04-23">23.iv.1966</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="BA6190726DC965A9C34454DAC2CBEDD3">G.E. Ball</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName id="7F53B857EBF902F5127BA8F15C917758">D.R. Whitehead</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName id="CA69D5D46F5F276463ABAA5881B616B1">Typha</collectorName>
marsh (7, USNM); 
<location id="97CF78A0C78552F68278B994A7B64B9D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:97CF78A0C78552F68278B994A7B64B9D" country="Mexico" county="Champoton" municipality="Rte" name="Zoh Laguna" stateProvince="Campeche">Zoh Laguna</location>
, 
<collectingDate id="33BB928ABC007FB38964DB696D4A4835" value="1968-04-07" valueMax="1968-04-12" valueMin="1968-04-07">7-12.iv.1968</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="96272FEE28460A1A5F9B10E47A497C2C">Reyes</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="1DD9C6E7E69DCE5B8ECB6FCA7A88D05C">Cabrera</collectorName>
(11, CAS)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="359BA88F30E00B9FF84A71BFC412151C" collectingDate="1965-06-21" collectorName="Freytag, Gibson" country="Mexico" location="Tampico" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Tamaulipas">
<emphasis id="E69CD7003872727D2B70DBF06C8A08F1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingRegion id="C5B8FCF6747ECDE6AA4021CB0E0E16C5" country="Mexico" name="Tamaulipas">Tamaulipas</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<location id="6F237339AEBF602D6414E6272EB72049" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:6F237339AEBF602D6414E6272EB72049" country="Mexico" name="Tampico" stateProvince="Tamaulipas">Tampico</location>
, 
<collectingDate id="1FDFB391B2F32255F2216223878A5ACC" value="1965-06-21">21.vi.1965</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="B64A80A3DEB7BB11928064AAB107A968">Freytag</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="86814C3B40E9B558CB0EFFB336ECD909">Gibson</collectorName>
(1, USNM)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="D1D9E357B380D03DA9CA771A3FF57C16" collectingDate="1961-06-25" collectingDateMax="1966-11-09" collectingDateMin="1961-06-25" collectorName="N. Jesus Carranza, La Granja, A. G. Baske, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead, S. Acayucan, P. J. Spangler, A. B. Lau" country="Mexico" elevation="61" location="La Granja" municipality="Isth. Tehuantepec" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Veracruz">
<emphasis id="EB72F7333954410087AE4CEBFCB84569" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingRegion id="84EC50C69CD940D4472E1AE5FF04AAF6" country="Mexico" name="Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave">Veracruz</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<quantity id="FECAA07A9D6C7A7B0AF5B4DC67A1239F" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.656064" unit="mi" value="6.0">6 mi.</quantity>
<collectorName id="66445807A7ABD64330315C48EEC7B0CA">N. Jesus Carranza</collectorName>
(
<collectingMunicipality id="5169BB4D0AB81CABC57D9D251FFAAABC">Isth. Tehuantepec</collectingMunicipality>
), 
<quantity id="1A50D91F4B577B71037DA7E895C3C1DC" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.096" unit="ft" value="200.0">
<elevation id="D6610A50A2211036B60D7C7F5F9D6C3A" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.096" unit="ft" value="200.0">200 ft.</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<collectingDate id="94E8E3861DC313F75B9935D3FD3B54EB" value="1961-06-25">25.vi.1961</collectingDate>
(1, SEMC); 
<collectorName id="CBAAFC1DB77969DCC73536F6652B7888">
<location id="C8EFDA222201445DD0BFE9CF4DC80F33" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:C8EFDA222201445DD0BFE9CF4DC80F33" country="Mexico" municipality="Isth. Tehuantepec" name="La Granja" stateProvince="Veracruz">La Granja</location>
</collectorName>
, 
<collectingDate id="EC4BDAB2905322B8786E0A66B1196566" value="1964-06-30">30.vi.1964</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="1547ACB40599BD60B84ADEC6C79566B6">A.G. Baske</collectorName>
, at light (1, SEMC); 
<locationDeviation id="D8D05E3F6B64B2868F72882855DB596E" location="Sontecomapan">
<quantity id="E242BED0A85F1455DE21FB29EA77BE5E" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2874752" unit="mi" value="0.8">0.8 mi.</quantity>
W Sontecomapan
</locationDeviation>
, 
<quantity id="1946540C1B1AB3BB39B60125CAA82C6B" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.524" metricValueMax="3.048" metricValueMin="0.0" unit="ft" value="50.0" valueMax="100.0" valueMin="0.0">
<elevation id="F73376315BD740CC7F99A8A99454B492" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.524" metricValueMax="3.048" metricValueMin="0.0" unit="ft" value="50.0" valueMax="100.0" valueMin="0.0">0-100 ft.</elevation>
</quantity>
elevation, 
<collectingDate id="B98D16AEC0A70D4421DD0DC13C15EF92" value="1965-09-18" valueMax="1965-09-26" valueMin="1965-09-18">18-26.ix.1965</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="9E6057E76533469B118564ECB79288A4">G.E. Ball</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName id="72CCCBEC7054B9F1C2B65A6936DC038B">D.R. Whitehead</collectorName>
(1, USNM); 
<quantity id="938F68606962A4DE4546EC354BBFA15D" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.02336" unit="mi" value="25.0">25 mi</quantity>
<collectorName id="68AFB67BA119C3BA9960989451D0F141">S. Acayucan</collectorName>
, 
<collectingDate id="F5F3666CD51ACD983BCC455E2B252B2E" value="1965-07-04">4.vii.1965</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="9098ADF42A8E68E5700D23FECA6B442E">P.J. Spangler</collectorName>
(69, USNM); Cordoba, 
<collectingDate id="9E6C0245D2EE3FD0AF5F675A77EC6AD6" value="1966-11-06" valueMax="1966-11-09" valueMin="1966-11-06">6-9.xi.1966</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="FDFE26C3FDD6A6EA1E2DFBE82254B06F">A.B. Lau</collectorName>
(1, USNM)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="EB3C10376690CB8B85821B09D9CDD194" collectingDate="1963-07-14" country="Mexico" location="Muna" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Yucatan">
<emphasis id="0662F0D32E39683C92BEAE2889C3E31E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<normalizedToken id="872FD0FBC602AB71933D60B335A95FA3" originalValue="Yucatán">
<collectingRegion id="3F8325C7DFD940E7C44FFDF5409708F0" country="Mexico" name="Yucatan">Yucatan</collectingRegion>
</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
: 
<location id="9472A8F60834A7F723DDAEE868C39569" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:9472A8F60834A7F723DDAEE868C39569" country="Mexico" name="Muna" stateProvince="Yucatan">Muna</location>
, 
<quantity id="83A02F0098DBC017F7D1F6D06B95205D" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.8857856" unit="mi" value="49.0">49 mi.</quantity>
S., 
<collectingDate id="AAD277F546CB0A4835B778FA05B834BE" value="1963-07-14">14.vii.1963</collectingDate>
(1, SEMC)
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation id="40DD64DD13D63B319DA65AD2A598400E" collectingDate="2000-06" collectorName="E. L. Nance, Bugguide, M. Pintar" country="USA" county="Miami-Dade Co." location="South Florida Collections Management Center" municipality="Everglades National Park" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Florida">
<emphasis id="98475457A2BDBCA13E96302485E04FFA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingCountry id="D2B299F787BDB991B34707DCA7AEDC5D" name="United States of America">USA</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="72DBC87DB47AB740DA79C24B93F30C5F" country="United States of America" name="Florida">Florida</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCounty id="E1797C762143DFADABB818BF7EDCA05D">Miami-Dade Co.</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="7F027F9DED3DFC95AF868140E09F5453">Everglades National Park</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectingDate id="A6DFF14D8D3712838E3D9E677049488F" value="2000-06">vi.2000</collectingDate>
, leg. 
<collectorName id="FBD6ED72E44BA0524927A74DB641C0B3">E.L. Nance</collectorName>
(1, 
<location id="5FBFB4FFE7F893202B9C9E6198C4578E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2221638ED20D52069316E52BD36E80AE:5FBFB4FFE7F893202B9C9E6198C4578E" country="USA" county="Miami-Dade Co." municipality="Everglades National Park" name="South Florida Collections Management Center" stateProvince="Florida">South Florida Collections Management Center</location>
[examined photos posted to 
<collectorName id="7E3D09541CEA4DCF939ABA2F7F9867E9">Bugguide</collectorName>
by 
<collectorName id="91D5618E71D6C4DD8B33F58F4BECAA61">M. Pintar</collectorName>
])
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="96C3E5C7B7C831A200D690F5D7E3BC40" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="differential diagnosis">
<paragraph id="DDE8DC60AF12C783112DE7019D9B1CF9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B7530AC090C98745C6897248B4CB94DF" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Throughout much of its range, this species only co-occurs with members of the 
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<emphasis id="7ABD6AB87E03BB1ADECA4E73DDF7B658" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares abbreviatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group (
<taxonomicName id="84BC0FACC858C823A0D6405A4DAC668B" lsidName="N. abbreviatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="abbreviatus">
<emphasis id="D15AA3C458742C80BDE6D924E11B4A69" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. abbreviatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="1DFF0BDDEA9EC39EB8DF50A2F05CE349" lsidName="N. oculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="oculatus">
<emphasis id="EA0D805637FF67EAB313C50B9CB15BFA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. oculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) which both are much more brown/tan in dorsal coloration and have very different aedeagal forms. This species co-occurs in southern Central America with 
<taxonomicName id="16EC1AF17581DB7F13DE985CE1ED77E9" lsidName="N. chaquensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="chaquensis">
<emphasis id="36CEE455CA4A5C82F80AC0459EFD8C21" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. chaquensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the aedeagal forms are quite different (compare Fig. 
<figureCitation id="15FA41071598212CDD0E6FA78CA97504" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Aedeagi of the Novochares sallaei species group A-E N. chaquensis F N. garciai G-I N. dicranospathus J-L N. atratus M-R N. sallaei A-C Argentina D Costa Rica E Trinidad M-P Guatemala Q, R Mexico A, D-G, J, M, Q dorsal view B, H, K, N, R ventral view C, I, L, O lateral view P oblique view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881187" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">20A</figureCitation>
vs. Fig. 
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). The small dorsally projecting ridge (Fig. 
<figureCitation id="8A4CC481602E5320DD0ED002EC635C82" captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Aedeagi of the Novochares sallaei species group A-E N. chaquensis F N. garciai G-I N. dicranospathus J-L N. atratus M-R N. sallaei A-C Argentina D Costa Rica E Trinidad M-P Guatemala Q, R Mexico A, D-G, J, M, Q dorsal view B, H, K, N, R ventral view C, I, L, O lateral view P oblique view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/881187" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">20P</figureCitation>
) along the inner margin of each paramere is also unique within 
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<emphasis id="91434CF4C524748289CC5CFE2108EE7D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="2A06DB6ACC021996EF3EF458F5F03D67" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph id="239B8CF13E23D7262896B76723677B5F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4813E15D7BEE69A593CBA79109036463" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Body length 6.4-8.0 mm. 
<emphasis id="2B38D6FFAA4941B82FE5B163BAA837C4" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Coloration</emphasis>
: Dorsal surfaces brown to dark brown, with paler (brown to orange) margins of clypeus, pronotum, and elytra. 
<emphasis id="E13F97045C5791856DDC3398678A9D6C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
: Maxillary palps nearly 1.2 
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width of head, uniformly brown to orange in color. 
<emphasis id="47886C457A743600FD977C8BE7AD57AC" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax</emphasis>
: Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra relatively dense and shallowly impressed. Elytra without rows of serial punctures, each with very faint rows (one dorsal and two or three lateral) of scarce and weakly marked systematic punctures. Prosternum medially very weakly convex. Posterior elevation of mesoventrite weakly and broadly elevated, with low medial longitudinal ridge extending anteriorly. 
<emphasis id="818E0760D13B366014158AE55ACBCBA6" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Apical emargination of fifth ventrite relatively shallow and broad, U-shaped. 
<emphasis id="D52EAA67961FEFC99C0FB6E4C5FFB5F0" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Aedeagus</emphasis>
: (Figs 
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, 
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) Overall shape pear-like, 2.0-2.3 
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longer than wide, with outer lateral margins of parameres nearly evenly convex up to apical region; apical region of each paramere rounded, partly membranous, with outer margin smooth, not pointed; at closest point (near base of neck), dorsal inner margins of parameres separated by short distance or nearly touching each other; dorsal plate of median lobe with neck 0.3 
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as broad as base; neck dorsally concave; arms of dorsal plate of median lobe nearly parallel, from parallel-sided (Fig. 
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) to broadened near mid-length (Fig. 
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), nearly 0.2 
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length of dorsal plate of median lobe; each arm acute or narrowly rounded at apex; notch between arms at base very narrow; gonopore placed at base of dorsal plate of median lobe; ventral plate of median lobe membranous, reaching base of neck of dorsal plate; basal piece 0.35 
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length of a paramere. In lateral view, aedeagus oblique at base, with ventral outline of parameres 3.6 
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longer than greatest width near mid-length; dorsal outline of aedeagus in lateral view slightly concave along basal 1/3, then nearly straight along second 1/3, and oblique to apex of parameres; ventral outline of aedeagus in lateral view straight.
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<subSubSection id="54EEED877F9D1AD337802A8CF4944940" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="2F9A861340BC1E273203DC30232DBFA9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="29C26D2A4572E3CBCEE90FE23526DDE5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala (new record), Mexico, USA (Florida) (Fig. 
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).
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<subSubSection id="D0550EB9EEB23B5A770E8E9200349EBA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="F24EDB6095054D4A4C8B6AD0FE042570" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="84D7A067D76FD771647F7E24D576DDE6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Though most specimens seem to have been collected at lights, the species has been collected in marshes.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="931C7B0C221EF21622F2DF43CA875545" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="784680241DFAC9FE34BD266F94B1A69C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B4805533DA9DE75A839DDDF1EAB55801" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
This species occurs from Mexico south to Costa Rica. It is also known from Florida, where its status as a native or introduced species has remained unclear. The oldest known specimens from Florida were collected in 1913 (
<bibRefCitation id="E7C57DD8ECE9BE346AB43D31629EABE4" DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent49137-4" author="Blatchley, WS" journalOrPublisher="Canadian Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="137 - 143" refId="B3" refString="Blatchley, WS, 1917. On some new or noteworthy Coleoptera from the west coast of Florida. Canadian Entomologist 49 (4): 137 - 143, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent49137-4" title="On some new or noteworthy Coleoptera from the west coast of Florida." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent49137-4" volume="49" year="1917">Blatchley 1917</bibRefCitation>
) from Dunedin in Pinellas County, along the central Gulf coast. Later, 
<bibRefCitation id="0CFE0D166F5B3F4015A70519FBDF698C" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="University of Florida Press, Gainesville" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B47" refString="Young, FN, 1954. The water beetles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville" title="The water beetles of Florida." year="1954">Young (1954)</bibRefCitation>
speculated that the species may have been introduced from Mexico from the lumber trade: &quot;It is possibly a waif in Florida, having been transported by lumber ships from Mexico. (see L. J. Marchand, Fla. Acad. Sci., Quart. Jour., 9, 1948 [sic: 1946], for a discussion of the effects of the trade in cigar box lumber on the fauna of the Hillsborough River)&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="09560A688C8D5A3941CEB8A9D885BE0A" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="University of Florida Press, Gainesville" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B47" refString="Young, FN, 1954. The water beetles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville" title="The water beetles of Florida." year="1954">Young 1954</bibRefCitation>
: 174).
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<paragraph id="84DF428C1F87A52A4E3A18FE81C8FD17" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The article that Young cites is about the occurrence of a crab that was only known from Tabasco, Mexico and later found also in the Tampa Bay area. That author (Marchand), found that logs had been imported from Tabasco to lumber mills in the Tampa Bay area and suggested the Florida population of the crab in Tampa was an introduction. However, the first importation of logs from Tabasco was in 1915 (
<bibRefCitation id="CADB6C7C00DDA638A48FC0379392B7AF" author="Marchand, LJ" journalOrPublisher="Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="93 - 100" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/91867" refId="B31" refString="Marchand, LJ, 1946. The saber crab, Platychirograpsus typicua Rathbun, in Florida: A case of accidental dispersal. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 9: 93 - 100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/91867" title="The saber crab, Platychirograpsus typicua Rathbun, in Florida: A case of accidental dispersal." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/91867" volume="9" year="1946">Marchand 1946</bibRefCitation>
), while the first known Florida specimens of 
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were collected in 1913 (from the Tampa area). This timeline makes it impossible that the cited lumber trade could be the cause of an introduction, and casts doubt on the introduction theory in general. Indeed, just a year later 
<bibRefCitation id="146805349650DDCD4F42626F959C2A60" DOI="https://doi.org/10.2307/3492824" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="University of Florida Press, Gainesville" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B48" refString="Young, FN, 1955. Helochares sallaei in the Everglades (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). The Florida Entomologist 38: 90. https://doi.org/10.2307/3492824" title="Helochares sallaei in the Everglades (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). The Florida Entomologist 38: 90." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/3492824" year="1955">Young (1955)</bibRefCitation>
reported 
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from the Everglades, a great distance away from Tampa and seemed to have second thoughts on his introduction hypothesis, stating &quot;The rarity of the species in Florida caused me to conclude that it was a waif introduced by shipping from Mexico 
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To my chagrin, I now find that I have had at least seven specimens of 
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in my collection for over a decade&quot;.
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After a review of available data, we find no basis for asserting that 
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is an introduced species and therefore consider it native to the United States and the state of Florida.
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